It was the first look at their adorable son Saint West, sound asleep, that set the internet on fire last week, but it wasn’t as peaceful behind the scenes between Kim Kardashian and husband Kanye West as the photo looked.

It has been claimed that the two stars clashed over who should take their child’s photo, with the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star allegedly blasting her hubby’s ideas as “stupid” and “inappropriate” after Kanye tried to call in THREE different photographers to take the magic shot.

“Kanye considered himself to be the ‘creative director’ of the shoot, and wanted to get the perfect shot of Saint,” an insider told heat magazine.

Has this photo of Saint caused trouble? (Photo: Kim Kardashian West)

“He wanted him to wear designer clothes he’d had specially commissioned, but Kim kept saying it was ‘stupid’ and ‘inappropriate’ and that she wanted something uncontroversial and simple, which showed the world that Saint is a gorgeous little baby.”

It was claimed by the magazine that Kanye and Kim had over 1000 photos of their son taken before the final picture was chosen and deemed worthy by the celeb pair.

They allegedly pulled in fashion photographer Nick Knight and even Nick Saglimbeni to take the family photo, but were still not overly enamoured with the photos.

“In the end it was Kim who took the picture, and she loved it. Over 1000 photos had been taken by that stage, and she fought Kanye hard to use her one,” the source said.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian clashed over who should take the photo (Photo: Getty Images)

“But even then, they couldn’t agree on where the image would go.”

According to the report, the pair clashed over whether the photo should go in a fashion magazine or in a celebrity mag.

Kim shared the photo on her app first, and later Instagrammed the picture and tweeted it. Kanye - who is now famed for his incredible Twitter rants - failed to retweet the adorable photo.

Kim shared the first photo on Monday last week, almost three months after he was born

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This cute photo of North and Saint was the first ever glimpse of Kimye's baby boy (Photo: Kim Kardashian)

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star gave birth to her second child with husband Kanye West at the end of last year.

She shared the snap on her official website to celebrate her late father Robert Kardashian's birthday writing alongside the adorable picture: "Today is my dad's birthday. I know there's nothing more in the world he would have wanted than to meet his grandchildren. So I wanted to share this pic of Saint with you all."